Dragonfly

In New York Palace from the forty-sixth floor

I spied a dragonfly

The size of my fist like the one I'd drawn

Carefully as a child

Pinned high in pride of place

On the classroom wall

But the lost byes of angry youth

Burned down my school

And father caught flames of hell

Filed in his archive

I never saw logic behind

Collecting reasons why

Mother's wearing all silk dresses

Hiding her pretty eyes

Always late to pick me up

From the moment she arrives

I look back to see that someone stole her time

The bell brings a stranger

Memories divide

Ever searching snapshots of our lives

When are we truly safe from ourselves

And the ones we hold too close?

Oh, how have I not lost my innocence?

Mother's wearing all silk dresses

Hiding her pretty eyes

Always late to pick me up

From the moment she arrives

I look back to see that someone stole her time

As actors on the wrong stage

With imperfect lines

My dragonfly beats it's wings

In vain, so high

I hope I don't lose my lines

Mother's wearing auburn dresses

Hides those pretty eyes

Always late to pick me up

From the moment she arrives

I look back to see that someone stole her time

Oh, mother wears all silk dresses

And hides those pretty eyes

Always late to pick me up

From the moment she arrives

I look back to see that someone stole her time